Not bad enough that mom is Stage4...now a new lump on my breast

Aww Crap Canadagirl,

What are you doing?? . No-one likes a copy cat. This is not a competition.

Please please realise I'm joking!!!! Yes, I have a sick black sense of humour and No this is not funny but if you don't find humour you just want to sit down and scream profanities to the world. Hummm, not that I have ever done that. Nope.

Have no experience with that sort of lump but as you know it is better to get the answer quickly and know what you are dealing with.

Your doc sounds like he is thinking ahead and saving you having to run around having scans and then more scans like your mum. Not very re-assuring I guess but so much better than dragging it out like you have already experienced.

Take the same advice you got when this was your mum,one day at a time until you know what you are dealing with. 

My mum got bc a couple of years after me. So we are a switch on your situation(but you don't even know yet, so hold on). It was not considered genetic as she was so old(82) when she got it that it was just luck of the draw. She got stage0 lobular and I got stage 4 ductal. I know which of us won that lottery.

You know that it has been only been there to the touch for a couple of months and you did all the right things in being aware and then not over panicking and giving it time to resolve, then taking it to the doc. Hope your ultrasound and anything else show no problem but you have all the experience to know what to ask and to make sure they do the right tests to check. That is a positive out of your mum's problems. You won't let them muck you about and you will know exactly how far they need to go to make sure they get the correct and final answer. That gives you some power and control over this. Wish none of us needed to know but at lest knowledge is power.

Fingers crossed for your scans and please let us know. Sometimes life sucks big ones. But you can do this.

Moira

canadagirl (im in toronto!) they are being extra careful because you have a family history- and thats a good thing.  Remember we all have lots of lumps and bumps and most are b9.  You are being screened and had a clear mammo not long ago so that is a great sign.  If you are on these boards a lot it is easy to get into the "everyone has it" scenario - chances are that it is nothing.  I do believe you are at higher risk if your mother was diagnosed pre-menopausally.  Sending you good vibes for b9 results

Mammo and ultra sounds are the normal protocol for anything abnormal. Tye last mammogram may have "missed" something, so they will do it again. I had two mammos right after each other before the ultrasound; they needed to see. "Spot Magnification" mammos look at a specific area more closely and magnified. If they didn't say that, you won't probably get it.Depending on what they see, most of the time it's benign. The word "spiculation" makes it more omminous, so if they don't say that, you will probably be ok....here's hoping and sending good thoughts your way!!!!!

Hi Canadagirl,

Good luck for tomorrow, will be thinking of you and hope they tell you results on the day. That is do-able with mammos and ultrasounds unlike CTs and scans. Curse those things.

My first time around they only did a mammo and said they found nothing. A year later same lump and with mammo and ultrasound found the cancer so Yep you definitely need both.

Hold onto the thought that most of these things are B9 but the anxiety is horrible. Apart from the pills and some small amount of alcohol there is not much to do but wait and then get it over with.I'm not a drinker but I sometimes have a small glass the night before some tests. Depends on my mood but the act of just drinking it relaxes me a little.

Will be thinking of you and have fingers crossed. 

Moira

I am glad you got good news!!